Racing
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The world of rallying is filled with high speeds through dense forests, wide open blasts across desert landscapes, and aggressive hand-brake slides to rotate through tight corners. Occasionally, it's also marked by massive, full-throttle jumps such as the one you'll find at Rally Finland. This is a fast rally, and one jump in particular lets the cars pretend they're airplanes for the day. A Ford Fiesta WRC race car was attacking the track. Driven by pilots Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen, the car was running flat out when it approached the point of vertical rotation. Into the air it...
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1-2 finish for Ferrari at the 2017 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand PrixFerrari recorded its fourth win and second one-two finish of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship on Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Ferrari had been fast all weekend, with its drivers managing to lock out the front row after qualifying. Star driver Sebastian Vettel started on pole with Kimi...
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Watch an 850-hp GT-R-powered Ford Focus attack Pikes PeakWe're calling it a Ford Focus, but that's like calling Robocop a man. There are bits and pieces of him left in the machine, but he's way more cybernetic bits than Alex Murphy human parts. The Focus here essentially takes the A-pillar and front glass from the former economy car, and swaps everything...
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2017 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix previewAfter 10 rounds of the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship, there’s just one point separating the top two drivers. This means you can bet those drivers, in this case Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes AMG’s Lewis Hamilton, will be giving it their all at this weekend’s...
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Porsche commits to Formula E, ends LMP1 campaignPorsche on Friday confirmed plans to enter the Formula E Championship with its own factory-backed team starting in the 2019/2020 season, the electric car racing series’ sixth. It means Porsche will be entering Formula E at the same time as Mercedes-Benz, though it will be a year later than...
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Report: Porsche killing LMP1 program, announcement imminentPorsche's storied run in the World Endurance Championship may be sprinting toward its ultimate demise. Earlier this month it was reported that the automaker may leave the race series in favor of joining Formula 1, as a power unit supplier. An official announcement from Porsche could come within 24...
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Acura is joining the likes of its German rivals by allowing its performance flagship, the NSX supercar, to be available as a customer race car. The NSX GT3 started racing in 2017 and has already racked up two wins in the highly competitive GTD class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The first victory was achieved by Andy Lally and Katherine Legge at the 2017 Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit. Some of the other events the stunning race car is eligible for are the Pirelli World Challenge, various Blancpain GT Series, the Intercontinental GT Challenge, and even Japan’s Super...
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With Mercedes leaving DTM, Audi and BMW say they may followFollowing Mercedes-Benz's shock decision to pull out of DTM (German Touring Car Championship) in favor of a factory Formula E team, Audi and BMW said they're considering pulling out of the sport too. Consequently, DTM could be in serious trouble. The DTM series consists of Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and...
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900-hp R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R is a true hill climb monsterThe Nissan Skyline GT-R represents a platform that is good in many facets of the motorsport world. The R35 version, which is no longer Skyline-based, is built with an engine that is ready to receive massive modifications and then return 4-figure horsepower numbers and face-melting straight line...
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Aston Martin open to supplying F1 power unitsAston Martin is open to supplying power units to Formula 1, the automaker’s CEO has revealed. Speaking with Motorsport.com, Andy Palmer, who has led Aston Martin since 2014, said involvement in F1 makes sense given the presence of close rival Ferrari, but it would only be possible if major...
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2018 IndyCar revealed with modern design and nods to the pastThe current corral of IndyCar bodies aren't the most attractive pieces of machinery in motorsport, and that's something the series aims to change with its new IndyCar NEXT. Foremost, the new IndyCar body looks good because designers listened to the public. Fans and focus groups had a clear favorite...
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Kubica to test Renault’s 2017 F1 car, Ogier samples a vintage Red BullStrengthening rumors that Robert Kubica may make a return to Formula 1, Renault Sport has confirmed that the Polish driver will test its R.S.17 following this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. The French team, whose current drivers are Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer, has revealed that it has...
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Mercedes-AMG is getting into the lucrative GT4 gig with the launch of a new GT4-spec race car based on its popular GT sports car, specifically the GT R variant. The GT4 race car was revealed on Tuesday at an event preceding this weekend’s 24 Hours of Spa in which many customer teams will be competing with the AMG GT3. It should be one of the most competitive cars in its field given the success of its GT3 big brother. Recall, the GT3 managed an impressive 1-2-3-4 finish at the 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring. To develop the car, the engineers in Affalterbach started with the GT R...
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Mercedes-Benz to ditch DTM for Formula EMercedes-Benz has confirmed its entry into the electric car racing series that is the Formula E Championship. The German automaker, which in recent years has dominated Formula 1, will be lining up on the grid for Formula E’s 2019/2020 season, the series’ sixth. Close rival BMW will...
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Ford GT40 teaches Dodge Hellcat a thing or two about racingThough a Ford GT40 replica isn't exactly the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat's grandfather, the stately elder and the rorty modern muscle machine recently met. If only the two cars could actually talk to one another. The meet-n-greet was captured by the folks at 1320video on YouTube. This latest video is...
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This Acura Integra just went 200 miles per hourBy the end of this video, I guarantee that you'll be rooting for Myles. You see, Myles races his mega-modified Acura Integra. It has a big turbo, some serious aero modifications, and a singular goal of going very fast over the course of a 1/2-mile of runway. Myles holds the record in this space for...
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Racing strategy in Formula E varies from Formula One: why it's hardAfter more than two days covering last weekend's FIA Formula E New York ePrix race, held on a tight course with a view of the Statue of Liberty, we have a greater appreciation for the challenges of driving open-wheel electric race cars than before we traveled to Brooklyn. Now winding up its third...
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Rare Porsche 911 GT2 takes on a Portuguese hill climbFor the 993-series 911, Porsche produced less than 60 examples of the mighty GT2, and even fewer GT2 Evo models. This first-generation GT2 was built in an effort to satisfy homologation requirements, and it was a monstrous example of what Porsche could get away with in a road car. Power was rated...
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Cosworth has been absent from Formula One racing since 2013, but the company has reportedly signed on to frame new engine rules past the year 2020. In doing so, Cosworth may be poised for a return to F1 in 2021. The Northampton, England-based engineering company has signaled its optimism about the forthcoming rules and regulations, and according to Motorsport, there's a business case built to return to the motorsport Cosworth has dominated for decades. "I think that we've got sufficient support from the existing teams, and we've had discussions with some, that enable us to make the commitment...
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FIA decides on Halo cockpit protection for F1Formula One cars will have to be fitted with the Halo cockpit protection system starting from the 2018 World Championship, motorsport’s organizing body, the FIA, has decided. While it had seemed that the competing Shield design was the more popular option, the FIA said on Wednesday that the...
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2018 BMW M8 race car first lookBehold the new BMW M8 race car that will be taking to top circuits around the globe in 2018. The car is still heavily camouflaged but it’s easy to make out the general shape. And take away the pumped fenders and aerodynamic elements and you’re pretty much looking at the new BMW 8-Series...
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This 1,700-hp Mitsubishi Evo is the quickest in the worldThe Mitsubishi Evo is a pretty wild machine. It is basically an excellent powertrain wrapped around a mediocre interior. You buy it because you want to go fast, and that's why we love it. Tuners love it too because they can rework the 4G63 engine to make tremendous power. Extreme Tuners knows this...
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Racers share how to lay down a great qualifying lapThe flyer. It's that qualifying lap when a race car driver realizes he needs to push past what he thinks the car is capable of achieving. There are more tenths of seconds to be found, and this is where they sit waiting to be discovered. A flyer is the qualifying lap that sets the tone for the...
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IMSA driver Katherine Legge serves a batch of donuts in the 2017 Acura NSXInquiring minds wonder: will the 2017 Acura NSX do donuts? The short answer: yes, yes it will. But, what brought about this fresh batch of donuts and all the show and smoke that comes with it? IMSA driver Katherine Legge decided it was her time to have a little bit of fun after the NSX GT3 racer...
Sean Szymkowski